Out of East Asia: Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993 (Lepidoptera, Epermeniidae) newly recorded from the European Alps

By

Huemer, Peter
Haslberger, Alfred
Segerer, Andreas H

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-3-9

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

155--161

Subjects

Apiaceae , Austria , DNA barcode , Eastern Asia , Germany , overlooked species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/19.2.155

 

Abstract

Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993, a species with a hitherto westernmost known occurrence in Central Siberia, is recorded from the European Alps (Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany). Its identification is based on DNA barcodes and morphological characteristics. The probability of a recent introduction is considered as very low due to the remoteness and wild nature of the habitat, and it seems likely that the species was previously over-looked due to its similarity to Epermenia chaerophyllella (Goeze, 1783).